Human development and global institutions : evolution, impact, reform / Richard Ponzio and Arunabha Ghosh.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ponzio, Richard, author.

Ghosh, Arunabha, author.

Series:

Global institutions series

Routledge global institutions series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human security--International cooperation.

Human security.

Human services--International cooperation.

Human services.

Social service--International cooperation.

Social service.

Community development--International cooperation.

Community development.

Economic development--International cooperation.

Economic development.

United Nations.

International cooperation.

Physical Description:

xiv, 169 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2016.

Summary:

This book provides a timely and accessible introduction to the foundational ideas associated with the human development. It examines its concept's evolution during the post-colonial era, and discusses how various institutions of the UN system have tried to engage with this issue, both in terms of intellectual and technical advance, and operationally. Showing that human development has had a profound impact on shaping the policy agenda and programming priorities of global institutions, Ponzio and Gosh argue that human development has helped to preserve the continued vitality of major multilateral development programs, funds, and agencies. It also details how human development faces new risks and threats, caused by political, economic, social, and environmental forces that are highlighted in a series of case studies on trade, water, energy, the environment, democracy, human rights, and peacebuilding. The book also makes the case for why human development remains relevant in an increasingly globalized world, while asking whether global institutions will be able to sustain political and moral support from their member states and powerful non-state actors. The authors argue that fresh new perspectives on human development are now urgently needed to fill gaps across borders and entire regions. A positive, forward-looking agenda for the future of global governance would have to engage with new issues such as the Sustainable Development Goals, energy transitions, resource scarcity, and expansion of democratic governance within and between nations. By redefining what constitutes human progress in an increasingly interdependent world, this book serves as a primer for scholars and graduate students of international relations and development. It is also relevant to scholars of economics, political science, history, sociology, and women's studies. Book jacket.

Contents:

Human development : an idea whose time has come?

The international policy impact of the human development approach in the 1990s : the early years

Human development measurement tools : advantages and shortcomings

Human development in international policy-making, part I : trade, water, energy, and environment

Human development in international policy-making, part II : democratic governance, human rights, and peacebuilding

Human development in global governance : new frontiers.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780415483599

041548359X

9780415483605

0415483603

OCLC:

933765360